Pressing-machine.



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PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'IIIED MAR. 19,1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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PRBSSING MACHINE.

APPLIQATION FILED 111111.19, 1909.

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JOSEPH SALTZMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A

PRESSING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

Application filed March 19, 1909. Serial No. 484,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH SALTZMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Pressing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in .machines adapted moreespecially for use in tailoring work for pressing the seams of garments;and my object is to provide a manually operated machine of this class ofa simple, strong and durable construction, easy of manipulation andcapable of exerting controlled, great and sustained pressure whilerequiring comparatively little effort on the part of the operator.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of themachine; Fig. 2, a section taken on line 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 8, alongitudinal section of the machine.

The main frame comprises a base 4, adapted for attachment upon a benchor stand, and a backwardly extending arm 5. Fitting loosely against astop G on the base is a pressing-table or buck 7, of desired shape.Pivot-ally connected at 8 to the rear end of the arm is a hollow,vertically swinging frame 9. Between the sides of the frame 9 andjournaled upon pins in the positions shown, are an upper guide roller 10and lower guide rollers 11 and 12. Forming an integral part of the frame9 is a cross-extending lug 13 and platform 14.

15 is a bar, preferably of springy steel, fitting and sliding in theswinging frame between the roller 12 and boss 13, at the forward end ofthe frame, and the rollers 10 and 11 at the opposite end. The bar 15 isof a width to fit with reasonable closeness between the sides of theswinging frame. It may be moved longitudinally in its guides and isprovided toward its rear end with a stop 16 to limit its forwardmovement. On its forward end is a head 17 from which is suspended asad-iron, or presser-head, 18 through the medium of a ball-and-socketconnection 19. The sad iron may be heated by any suitable means and maybe turned to any angle by means of a handle 20. Confined between the arm5 and under side of the swinging frame 9 is a spring 21 which tends tomaintain the swinging frame, bar 15 and parts carried thereby in raisedposition, as indicated in Fig. 1.

Fulcrumed between ears 22 on the arm 5 is a pressure-regulating lever 23having a long arm resting normally upon an adjusting screw 24. Pivotallyconnected with the short arm of the lever 23 is a bifurcated link 25extending upward at opposite sides of the swinging frame 9.

2G is a lever, of bell-crank form, having a long arm 27, forming ahandle-socket, and a short bifurcated arm 28 embracing the lug 18 andpivotally connected therewith by means of a pin 29. The bell-crank leveris fulcrumed at its angle upon a pin 30 mounted in the bifurcated end ofthe link 25. Formed integral with the bell-crank lever is a projectingfoot 81 adapted to contact with the platform 14 when the lever' israised, as shown in Fig. 1, and a foot 32 adapted to contact with theupper surface of the bar 15 when the lever is swung downward, as shownin Fig. 3. The long or socketed arm 27 of the lever is fitted with anoperating handle 33 and may, if desired, have a projection 84 forattachment to a treadlc (not shown).

The rise of the swinging frame under pressure from the spring 21 islimited by the link 25, and by raising and lowering the screw 24 thelink may be drawn down or permitted to rise to vary the normal height ofthe sad-iron above the buck 7.

In operation, the garment, or other article, to be pressed is placedupon the upper surface of the buck or pressing-table, 7 and the sad-ironthen positioned over it. The handle 2O forms a convenient means wherebythe bar 15 may be slid back and forth and the sad-iron turned to anyangle desired on the balland -socket connection. The long arm of thelever 27 is then turned forward, as by means of the handle 33, swingingthe upper end of the link 25 and fulcrum 30 in the forward direction andpressing the lever-arm 28 downward to lower the frame 9 and bar 15 andpress the sad-iron upon the garment. The parts should be so adjusted, bymeans of the screw 24, that the link 25 and lever-arm 28 will movenearly, but not quite, into parallelism when the sad-iron rests firmlyupon the garment. The further forward swinging of the lever-arm 27causes the lever-arm 28 to press the lug-portion 18 of the frame againstthe bar 15 and bend t-he latter slightly until the foot 32 contacts withthe upper surface of the bar; this bending of the bar causing it, by itsresilient power, to exert the desired cio pressure upon the sad-iron.The eXact parallelism, or dead-center relation, of the link 25 and shortlever-arm 28 is reached just as the foot 32 contacts with the bar 15 andthe parts are thus locked in their pressing condition. Owing to theball-and-socket connection 19, the sad-iron may be rocked to any anglein the vertical plane to conform to the seams being pressed. Upwardpressure against the long lever-arm 27 will cause the bar l5, and spring2l, by their resilience, to raise the swinging frame and all partscarried thereby to initial position.

It is desirable in practice that the pressure of the sad-iron againstthe work shall be neither too heavy nor too light and under the controlof the operator. The screw 24 in raising and lowering the lever 23 makesit possible to effect the desired adjustment very quickly.

Thile I prefer to construct my improvements throughout as shown anddescribed, they may be variously modiied in the matter of details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of my invention as denedby the claims.

That I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. In apressing machine, the combination with the main frame comprising a basesupporting a pressing table and provided with a rearward extension, ahollow, vertically swinging frame pivoted on said extension, a

presser-head carrying bar slidably mounted in said swinging frame, abar-depressing operating-lever, and a swinging link on which the leveris fulcrumed pivotally connected with the main frame, as set forth.

2. In a pressing machine, the combination with the main frame comprisinga base portion supporting a pressingtable and provided with a rearwardextension, a hollow, vertically swinging frame pivoted on said extensionand provided at its forward end with a lug, a presser-head carrying barslidably mounted in said swinging frame and adapted to engage said lug,a bar-depressing operating-lever, a swinging link on which the lever isfulcrumed pivotally connected with the main frame, and adjustablepressure-regulating means at one end of the link, as set forth.

3. In a pressing machine, the combination with a base carrying apressing table and having an extension, a hollow, vertically swingingframe pivoted on said extension, a presser-head carrying bar slidablymounted in said frame, resilient means interposed between said swingingbar-carrying frame and the base whereby said frame and bar are normallyheld in raised position, and a power-lever mounted above the bar andhaving swinging connection with the base, whereby said bar is depressed,for the purpose set forth.

It. A. SCHAEFER, J. G. ANDERSON.

